Hat-pin guard.



F. DEGNER.

HAT PIN GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1913.

1,085,327, Y Patented Jan. 27, 1914.

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STATS rrrc FRANK DEG-NEE, 0F SALEM, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HAT-PIN GUARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DEGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in the county of McCook and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Guards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is in the nature of a hat pin guard for protecting the exposed sharp point of a hat pin, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which, while neat and economical in construction, will be capable of fulfilling all the requirements of such devices in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a simple and economical structure which may be readily placed upon and removed from the exposed point of the pin, and at the same time be held tight enough to prevent accidental removal and loss while in use.

lVith these objects in view, the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement and combination of the parts of a device of the character specified, which will be hereinafter fully described, and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that the construction and operation thereof may be readily comprehended, I will now proceed to fully describe my invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an approved embodiment thereof, and in which draw- Figure 1 represents the guard in side elevation with a pin inserted therein. Fig. 2 represents a vertical central longitudinal view through the guard with the point of the pin inserted therein, part of the pin being broken away. Fig. 3 represents a transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the broken line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4; represents a similar sectional view of a slightly modified form, the section being taken on a plane corresponding to that inclicated by the broken line 1-4: of Fig. 2.

Like reference characters mark the same parts wherever they occur in a plurality of the figures of the drawing.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 indicates the body of the structure which is tubular and may be made of any suitable Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 27', 1913.

Patented Jan. 2'7, 1914. Serial No. 776,015.

material such as wood, bone, ivory, metal or the like, and may be suitably ornamented on its outer surface, as may be desired.

In order to properly hold the pin in the central opening of the body 5, it is necessary to provide a suitable packing, having the required qualities to cause it to grip the pin when inserted tight enough to prevent its accidental removal, and at the same time to permit of its ready removal therefrom when desired, and for this purpose I propose to dispense with all springs or other metallic substances within the body of the guard, such having been found objectionable in use. Therefore, in carrying out my invention I provide a filling of some material such as flax, hemp, etc., which will perform all the functions of those heretofore used, and at the same time avoid their objectionable points. As best shown in Fig. 2, 6 indicates threads of hemp, flax or like material which are passed longitudinally through the body tube of the guard, tied into a large knot or bunch at 7 at the outer end of said body for the purpose of preventing them being pulled through the guard upon the withdrawal of the pin, and at their opposite ends are turned outward as at 8, over the edges of the body, where they are tightly held by a sleeve 9, which is preferably made of suitable ornamental metal but may be made of any other suitabl material, the body of the guard being slightly reduced from the end to the point 10 to accommodate the sleeve 9 and bring its outer surface into smooth alinement with the outer surface of the body.

A suitable cap 11 is passed over the outer end of the body, inclosing the knot or bunch 7 of material before referred to, the body be ing likewise reduced at this end to accommodate the cap in the same manner as referred to in reference to the sleeve 9, so as to leave a smooth uninterrupted surface throughout the length of the guard. The cap 11 may be made of any suitable ornamental material, metal probably being preferred. There may be as many of these threads as can be readily accommodated in the bore of the body of the guard and in the construction of Figs. 2 and 3, I have shown four, although I do not wish it to be understood that I restrict myself to any particular number.

When the point of the pin'is inserted into the guard, it compresses these threads outward and they grip the pin with sufficient firmness to prevent its accidental displacement, and at the same time permit of its ready removal. Should the pin be inserted the full length of the body, its point will embed itself in the knot or bunch of the filling material, at 7, which will prevent its further advancement and its contact with the cap 11, to the injury of the cap and pin point.

Owing to the peculiar flexible qualities of the material which I use for a filling, it will resume its normal condition and position when the pin is removed, ready for repeated insertions, the flexibility of the hemp, flax or like material adapting it to the use to which I have put it and providing a much improved filling material for such hat pin guard.

l/Vhile I have shown, especially in Fig. 2, the body made of some other material than metal, I have illustrated the same, made of thin metal, in Fig. 4; of of the drawing, in which 9 indicates the sleeve corresponding to the sleeve 9, 6 the turned over ends of the filling material, and (5 the body of the guard made of thin sheet metal. The

turned over ends of the filling material at 6 are firmly clamped between the body 6 and the sleeve 9 while the interior of the metallic body 6 is filled with the threads 6 of the filling material, the thinness of the material of the body affording room for a greater number of threads of the filling ma terial.

It will also be obvious that with the body made of thin metal, the guard may be made thinner than when constructed of such material as wood, bone or ivory, and at the same time will accommodate as many threads of the filling material.

\ hile I have specifically described the exact construction and arrangement of the component parts of my invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention most nearly appertains, that slight changes and variations may be made therein, within reasonable limitations, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A hat pin guard comprising a tubular body, a filling material of hemp, flax or like flexible material, means at the outer end of the guard to prevent the material from be ing pulled therethrough, the ends of the material being turned outward over the end of the body, and securing means at the inner end of the guard comprising a sleeve passed over said turnedover ends and the end of the body.

2. A hat pin guard comprising a tubular body, threads of hemp, flax or like flexible material passed through the body and gathered at its outer end, its opposite ends being turned outward upon the end or" the body, a cap passed over one end ofthe body to protect the gathering of material, and a sleeve passed over the opposite end to inclose and hold the vturned over ends of the filling material, the gathering of filling material serving also as a cushion for the point of the pin when inserted the full length of the body.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK DEGNER.

Witnesses w. n. HART, A. W. Wms.

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